Patents by Inventor Till Schloesser

Till Schloesser has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6445609
    Abstract: A DRAM memory (50) having a number of DRAM memory cells (51) is described, the memory cells (51) in each case having a storage capacitor (52) and a selection transistor (12) which are formed in the area of an at least essentially rectangular cell area (59), the cell areas (59) having a greater extent in the longitudinal direction (L) than in the width direction (B) and which are wired or can be wired to the cell periphery via a word line (56, 57) and a bit line (55). The word lines (56, 57) and the bit line (55) are conducted over the memory cells (51) and are at least essentially oriented perpendicularly to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander Frey, Werner Weber, Till Schlösser
  • Patent number: 6442065
    Abstract: Each memory cell of a cell configuration includes at least one memory transistor. To write first or second information on the memory cell, a gate electrode of the memory transistor is charged such that a first voltage or a second voltage is applied in the memory transistor. A reading voltage is applied in a second source/drain area of the memory transistor to read first information and second information respectively. The first voltage is applied between the second voltage and the reading voltage. The reading voltage is applied between the first voltage less a threshold voltage of the memory transistor and the second voltage less the threshold voltage of the memory transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Franz Hofmann, Wolfgang Krautschneider, Till Schlösser, Josef Willer
  • Patent number: 6438022
    Abstract: The memory cells of a memory cell configuration each have a selection transistor, a memory transistor and a ferroelectric capacitor. The selection transistor and the memory transistor are connected in series. The ferroelectric capacitor is connected between a control electrode of the memory transistor and a first terminal of the selection transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Till Schlösser, Wolfgang Krautschneider, Franz Hofmann, Thomas-Peter Haneder
  • Patent number: 6421271
    Abstract: A magnetoresitive random access memory (MRAM) configuration is described in which one switching transistor is respectively allocated to a plurality of TMR memory cells. In this manner, the space requirement for constructing the MRAM configuration is greatly reduced because the number of switching transistors required is greatly reduced. Therefore, the packing density of the MRAM configuration can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Dietmar Gogl, Till Schlösser
  • Patent number: 6399433
    Abstract: A method for producing a storage cell includes forming a polycrystalline silicon layer on a semiconductor body having at least one selection transistor disposed in a first plane. An interspace is formed between two adjacent structures of the layer and one of the adjacent structures of the layer is placed on a surface of a first silicon plug. A cell plate electrode is formed in the interspace and a trench is formed in the layer. The trench reaches as far as the first plug surface and is filled with an insulating layer. The-layer is removed. A storage capacitor having a high-epsilon or ferroelectric dielectric and a storage node electrode is formed. The capacitor is disposed in a second plane in and above the body. The insulating layer is replaced with silicon to form a second silicon plug directly connected to the first plug. The second plug is electrically connected to the storage node electrode, and the first plane is electrically connected to the second plane through the first and second plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Franz Hofmann, Wolfgang Krautschneider, Till Schlösser, Josef Willer
  • Patent number: 6349052
    Abstract: A capacitor of a memory cell is produced in a depression (V) in a first substrate (1). The first substrate (1) is connected to a second substrate (2) in such a way that an insulating layer (I) is arranged between them. The second substrate (2) is thinned. A transistor of the memory cell is produced in the second substrate (2). In order to connect the transistor to the capacitor a first trench (G1) is produced, which trench cuts through the insulating layer (I). By means of isotropic etching, part of the insulating layer (I) which is arranged between the transistor and the capacitor is removed and replaced by a contact (K).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Franz Hofmann, Till Schloesser
  • Patent number: 6274453
    Abstract: A memory cell configuration with many ferroelectric or dynamic memory cells provided in a semiconductor substrate. Alternating trenches and lands extend parallel in a longitudinal direction of a main face of the semiconductor substrate. A channel stop layer is buried in the lands and divides the semiconductor substrate into a lower region that includes the trench bottoms and an upper region that includes the land ridges. First planar selection transistors with intervening trench channel stop regions are disposed along the trench bottoms. Second planar selection transistors with intervening land channel stop regions are disposed along the land ridges. The first and second selection transistors have respective source, gate, channel and drain regions, which are offset longitudinally from one another such that source and drain regions of the first and second selection transistors alternate in the transverse direction in the main face of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Till Schlösser, Franz Hofmann, Wolfgang Krautschneider
  • Patent number: 6258658
    Abstract: The memory cell configuration has a multiplicity of preferably ferroelectric memory cells in a semiconductor substrate. Mutually parallel bit line trenches run in the longitudinal direction in the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. Bit lines are disposed in the bottoms of the trenches. Source/drain regions are formed in the crowns of the trenches. Channel regions are provided in the walls of the trenches. The channel region on a wall in each case is configured such that a drivable selection transistor of the relevant memory cell is formed there, while the channel region on the other wall is configured such that the transistor located there is closed. Insulated word lines for driving the selection transistors run in the transverse direction along the main surface of the semiconductor substrate through the bit line trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Böhm, Volker Weinrich, Manfred Hain, Armin Kohlhase, Yoichi Otani, Andreas Rusch, Till Schlösser
  • Patent number: 6258656
    Abstract: A capacitor on a semiconductor configuration is formed with a high-&egr; dielectric or a ferroelectric material. A first noble-metal-containing storage electrode has a plurality of horizontal lamellae connected to one another via a support structure. The support structure is arranged on one or preferably two opposite external flanks of the lamellae. During production, firstly (inter alia by deposition of a sequence of layers with an alternating low and high etching rate) a fin stack negative mold, in particular made from p+-polysilicon, is formed, which is then filled conformally with the electrode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerrit Lange, Till Schlösser
  • Patent number: 6229169
    Abstract: A memory cell configuration contains a multiplicity of memory cells in a semiconductor substrate. Each of the memory cells has a selection transistor connected between a bit line and a storage element. The memory cells can each be driven via a first word line and a second word line, the first word line and the second word line crossing one another. The memory cell configuration is, in particular, a DRAM configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Franz Hofmann, Wolfgang Krautschneider, Wolfgang Rösner, Lothar Risch, Till Schlösser, Paul-Werner Basse
  • Patent number: 5977589
    Abstract: A memory cell containing at least three vertical transistors. A first transistor and a second transistor, or a third transistor are arranged over each other with reference to a y-axis proceeding perpendicularly to a surface of a substrate. The second transistor and the third transistor can be arranged at opposite sides of a semiconductor structure, while the first transistor is arranged at both sides. Source/drain regions of the transistors can overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Till Schloesser, Wolfgang Krautschneider